Things didn't get much better when I entered high school. I was still weird, and shy, but now I was also stuck-up, too full of myself, and a "social imbecile". I'd always choose a good book over a keg party. Noisy crowds made me ill. Stuff other kids liked, I found unbearable.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.caregiving.com/posts/empathy-introversion-and-caregiving